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An Inevitable "Marriage March"? A Survey of the "Arbiter of Religious Dogma" in Canadian Case Law

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ID4878533
AuthorsDia Dabby (0000-0001-5735-1459, McGill University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue2
Pages127-145
Publication date2016-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0008429816636089
OpenAlexW2336348827
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

Arbiter of religious dogma," first expressed by the Supreme Court of Canada in Syndicat Northcrest v. Amselem ([2004] 2 SCR 551), has had a lasting and pervasive effect on the Canadian lawscape. Developed in an effort to remove the State (and therefore Court apparatus) from a decision-making capacity in questions related to religious doctrine, this expression has become an inevitable mantra when discussing issues related to religion in Canada. This article argues, however, that the presence of this expression should not be understood as the end of a conversation, but rather, the beginning of a novel one on the legitimacy of religion in law. Through discourse analysis, this article will endeavor to suggest that this "marriage march" between law and religion is inevitable in the Canadian context

Arbiter · Common law · Context (archaeology · Conversation · Doctrine · Expression (computer science · Legitimacy · Mantra · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Supreme court · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment

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Citations per year0.5
Citation span2024 - 2024 (1)
Highly citedNo

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